Adding An XML Declaration To A REXML Document

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        Source: <a href="http://www.germane-software.com/software/rexml/docs/tutorial.html">REXML Tutorial - Home</a> [germane-software.com]

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REXML will not, by default, write out the XML declaration unless you specifically ask for them. If a document is read that contains an XML declaration, that declaration will be written faithfully. The other way you can tell REXML to write the declaration is to specifically add the declaration:
Adding an XML Declaration to a Document

doc = Document.new 
doc.add_element 'foo'
doc.to_s   #-> <foo/>
doc << XMLDecl.new
doc.to_s   #-> <?xml version='1.0'?><foo/>

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